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House Panel Deals a Blow
To Bush's Security Plan

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Nicholas Kulish Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated July 12, 2002 12:11 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON -- Even as four cabinet officials told a House panel how crucial President Bush's homeland-security plan is to the nation's safety, a separate committee voted down two important pieces of that proposal.

Illustrating the challenge involved in creating a huge security agency, the House Transportation Committee voted to keep the Coast Guard within the Transportation Department. Led by Chairman Don Young (R., Alaska), panel...